Phillippe Aumont

Brian Bogusevic looked up at the Coca-Cola Park scoreboard in the ninth inning to realize the IronPigs had just two hits in Friday night's game against the Syracuse Chiefs. Bogusevic didn't have either one and was in an 0-for-9 stretch. After striking out in the ninth to end Lehigh Valley's chances of a comeback in the previous night's loss, Bogusevic had a shot at redemption in the 11th inning Friday. "I wasn't looking for a certain pitch," he said. "Just something up." Syracuse reliever Rafael Martin obliged and Bogusevic didn't miss it. His double down the right-field line scored Chase d'Arnaud from first base with the...

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